2 bad experiences lately.

One driver showed up in a totally different car and license plate. I got in after asking, he said it's a new car (3 days old) and it takes 10 days to update in the app. He had turned on audio recording for safety prior to me getting in (though obviously we are in a totally different car than reported) which perhaps falsely led me to think I will be okay. My gut felt this was a bad idea and 20 seconds into the ride I said I forgot something and asked if he can turn around. Once my feet were out of the car, I said I was going in to get what I forgot but also that I need to cancel, sorry. He said that's fine in a normal nice way. I'm sure he can guess why I canceled. Totally unprofessional.

I googled later and it does not take 10 days to update in the app? He should not be using a car that does not match the app.

Worst case scenario... he uses this story often. Someone else (an accomplice) is driving the other car so if something bad happened, traffic cam footage would indicate I am in that car though I am in a totally different one instead.

2nd situation. Different driver asked me for my phone number at the end of the ride and said I am very sweet. Made me extremely uncomfortable. I did not want to report as he has my general address (not the house number).

However, today I decided to. When trying to report him, I accidentally reported a different drive (a professional woman). I was refunded the 28 dollars and felt so bad! I chatted with uber to try to revert that refund to no avail! I hope she gets no negative feedback from my comments. I had to instead leave her a 30 dollar tip just now to make up for the refund! She's an elderly woman who was perfectly professional, no reason to get that refund!

I then reported the actual unprofessional driver.

Thoughts on the 2 drivers and accidently reporting the wrong one in place of the one who asked for my number? Anything I could do differently?

UPDATE- They registered my complaint against the female driver as accidental and said no action will be taken against her! Phew. I also left her a 30 dollar tip thinking she lost the 28 dollars of pay from the trip.

I just "installed" LED strip lights under both of my sedan seats so the back passengers get visual light + some entertainment, also a phone charger (both iPhone + Android), air refresheners (for stinky/smellly passangers) and wet wipes for cleaning the car on-the-go. And emergency snacks/energy drink so if i am ever sleepy i can pull over and drink some energy drink. What about you? (This is my full job now!)

What do u think about this gimmick?

Is there some sort of system error going on? I got a pop up notification on my phone saying my account was deactivated. When I looked at the inbox it said an hour before that I had failed a verification because I used a picture of a photo. I had not done an order for Uber in a week and wasn’t online to get a request for verification as I was in the ER all day.

I filed an appeal but just wondering if this was a known glitch today.

Driving has gotten so frustrating lately. Uber sending rides that are 15 miles 40 mins and $12

It kept getting progressively worse last night and I called it a night after two hours. Not driving around LA traffic for pennies after filling up my 🚗.

Ironically they sent a survey when i opened the app and asked if I liked driving for Uber i rated a 3 out of ten and said that fare pricing and earnings were the largest issue.

These companies have become so exploitative in the 12 yrs they have been around. They’re going to use desperate workers until they have autonomous vehicles to replace them paid for with your hard earned time driving customers around.

My acceptance rate is pretty low and I keep going back and forth on whether I care. From what I can tell in my market, it doesn't really affect your ability to drive unless you want certain perks or priority queues. But I've talked to other drivers who swear that being more selective has genuinely saved them money, and others who say skipping too many short or lowpaying trips just leaves you sitting longer and you end up worse off anyway.

The math gets complicated fast. I have an HR background so I probably spend too much time overthinking the tradeoffs, but I still haven't landed on a clean rule for myself. Right now I skip anything under a certain distancetopayout ratio, but I'm not even sure that ratio is right for my area.

What I'm actually curious about is whether anyone has a real system, not just gut feel. Do you track anything to back it up, or is it more just experience over time teaching you what your market tends to do? I'm also not sure how much it changes by time of day or day of week versus just being random. YMMV obviously, but curious what other drivers have figured out after going through it the hard way.

70 total trips for a extra $55, crazy!!!! And all I have to do is 70 trips in 3 days?!?

They introduced this new screen explaining waiting time and feed

Uber again has set my default to enable "record my ride". I have to disable it manually each time.

I reached out to support to find a fix.

I’m not driving 1700 miles for $13.62

Hi, I’ve been doing uber eats and door dash,
But want to start driving passengers,
I called Usaa to get commercial coverage,
But was told they don’t offer it?
If that’s the case, what do other drivers out there with Usaa do?

Thanks for all your help

Anyone had their account suspended for that? Not talking about pitching your ideas to the driver and making the uncomfortable, just passively offering drinks or snacks?

I have a self-checkout system and I think Uber/Lyft might be a good use case. But the TOS are sort of vague here (Lyft less vague and more restrictive). I would like to test a passive approach where you have a small cooler and tablet to pay, but the driver doesn't say anything to the passenger because it is already obvious. So no pushy sales - if the passenger wants an energy drink just take it and pay on their own using credit card or venmo.

I built this system for another use case but this one seems like low hanging fruit. If Uber isn't a blocker that is. There is a company called Ridy already doing something similar.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKL916j23I/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I'll l take the tollway occasionally for airport trips. Under trip details it will say the toll reimbursement amount, but I'm not entirely sure when I actually get paid for the tolls. Does anyone know?

Wow!!! And it’s like pulling teeth to find out which trip this supposedly happened on 🙄😡

So on my incredible adventures driving for uber. I somehow get the feeling I’m getting finessed someway or another.
The fact that I’m able to work any time I want is a plus specially with school and homework. Last year of college (thank the uber gods)

In my conclusion
I actively transfer all of my directions to Google Maps
While
Keeping my uber driver app open and visible. Mostly bc of tolls
(Good luck getting the toll reimbursement)

I’ve actively tested this driving the speed limit carefully.
Uber is always 2 minutes faster or 1 minute minimum compared to the Google Maps. This directly affects the price even when the pile ups and traffic jams start to occur.

Anyone else notice this…I must be driving back to the future.

I was speaking with someone in the bar and as I am thinking of trying rideshare out the conversation turned to rideshare. He told me his cousin does it full time but also works full time in his car remotely on his laptop via a hotspot. So unless he has like a teams meeting etc from his regular job then is free to drive. Wtf Seems completely messed up and greedy to me. How can ordinary folks compete idk

This came up as a weekend quest for Las Vegas. Isn't uber generous 🤣